Final Vive Voce Question List

What contributed to the increase of infant death rates during the colonial era?

What were the different styles of colonial houses, depending on their location?

With all the difficulties that the colonists faced in mind, would you have immigrated to America if you had lived in England in the 17th century?

If you could travel back in time and be in a government position in the 1700s, what would you do to try to prevent disease?

How do you think the early colonists should have treated the Native Americans? What did some of them do correctly in regards to the Native Americans, and what are some instances in which they acted wrongly?

What were the most important reasons settlers came to America, besides religious freedom?

Why do you think that the colonist were hostile towards the Native Americans in some areas (and not in others)?

The Spanish came to America in search of treasure, while the English tended to stay in one area along the coast, and create settlements. Why do you think their colonial methods differed in the new world?

Why did European explorers seek to find new routes to Asia?

What are some difficulties the early English settlers faced in the New World?

Why was smallpox such a deadly disease for children during Colonial times?

Why was the birth rate higher in Colonial times than it is today?

Why was Harvard College founded?

In the colonial period was it considered un-Godly to have leisure time?

Was education important in the colonial period?

What was the Great Philadelphia Wagon Road? Why was it built?

How well a job do you think education did then compared to today’s public schools.

What were the reasons that Christian settlers came to the Americas?

What were some of the advantages in settling Georgia?

When the pilgrims came to America, what could have prevented the many deaths during their first few months of living there?

Why was there such a high rate of marriage in the early colonies?

Which government system do you believe is more efficient, parliamentary or presidential?

Is the Electoral College an effective way to elect a president?

Why was the Great Philadelphia Wagon Trail so important?

Would you want to be under the patroon system or be an indentured servant?

What were the results of the Great Awakening?

Would you move to Pennsylvania?

How did William Penn’s ideas influence Pennsylvania?

How did Spain’s vision for the New World differ from the Protestant’s?

Why was the death and disease rate higher in the New England than in the Old England?

What were the main factions or tendencies that arose among the early Quakers?

What were the results of the Pietist movement?

Why did the work of James Davenport harm the Great Awakening as a whole?

What are three main principles that establish a lasting democracy?

Are the roles of women today much different from the role that Martha Ballard played?

Is it the responsibility of the government to give welfare to its people?

Why was the government established under the Articles of Confederation too weak?

What was the most important compromise made in the Constitution?

Which will be more successful, a democracy or a republic?

What were three English separatist denominations in America, and what did they believe?

What were three forms of entertainment in colonial times?

What were three influences that helped build Anglicanism in America?

What events lead to the American Revolution?

What were some advantages the French had during the French and Indian War?

What happened in a typical colonial church service?